2007 Central League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2007 Central League Most Valuable Player Award went to Yomiuri Giants first baseman Michihiro Ogasawara, who had hit .313/.363/.539 with 31 homers and 95 runs, finishing second in runs and total bases. He was the second player to win a MVP in both the CL and Pacific League, following Yutaka Enatsu. It was a competitive vote, with five players getting at least 20 first-place votes and 13 getting first-place votes; Ogasawara wasn't even named to the top three on almost half the ballots.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Michihiro Ogasawara	Yomiuri Giants	1st Baseman	62	32	17	423
2	Koji Uehara	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	33	35	21	291
3	Yoshinobu Takahashi	Yomiuri Giants	Outfielder	29	29	38	270
4	Hisanori Takahashi	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	20	28	20	204
5	Shinnosuke Abe	Yomiuri Giants	Catcher	25	13	18	182
6	Alex Ramirez	Yakult Swallows	Outfielder	10	19	28	135
7	Kyuji Fujikawa	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	9	15	20	110
8	Tetsuya Utsumi	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	4	11	8	61
9	Tyrone Woods	Chunichi Dragons	1st Baseman	5	7	10	56
10	Tomoyuki Kubota	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	2	3	4	23
11	Hitoki Iwase	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	2	1	3	16
12	Norichika Aoki	Yakult Swallows	Outfielder	2	0	1	11
13	Kenshin Kawakami	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	0	3	1	10
14	Seth Greisinger	Yakult Swallows	Pitcher	0	2	0	6
15	Yoshitomo Tani	Yomiuri Giants	Outfielder	0	1	2	5
	Tomonori Maeda	Hiroshima Carp	Outfielder	1	0	0	5
17	Hirokazu Ibata	Chunichi Dragons	Shortstop	0	1	1	4
18	Jeff Williams	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	0	0	2	2
19	Kenichi Nakata	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Shuichi Murata	Yokohama BayStars	3rd Baseman	0	0	1	1

4 voters did not pick any second-place finisher; 8 did not vote for third place

Source: NPB website